Anniversary, Running & Riding

Good morning.

Hey, today is my wife and my 13th wedding anniversary. I'm a lucky guy!

Busy weekend with activities.

Saturday was long run day and I decided to go 16 miles along the lake. It was a great day to run. I felt great the whole way. I want to do these long runs once a week to maintain my endurance base. I read in one of my running periodicals that the endurance quotient needs to be maintained because it can slip away from you if you don't use it. They said speed gains stay with you longer. So, my pace was good and my heart rate stayed low for this effort.

Split Time Moving Time Distance Elevation Gain Elevation Loss Avg Pace Avg Moving Pace Best Pace Avg HR Max HR Steps Calories
1 0:09:29 0:09:23 1 0 7 9:29 9:23 3:15 112 121 0 88
2 0:08:29 0:08:29 1 14 0 8:29 8:29 6:24 125 133 0 92
3 0:08:12 0:08:12 1 0 0 8:12 8:12 6:39 130 135 0 91
4 0:07:55 0:07:56 1 0 19 7:55 7:56 3:12 131 139 0 82
5 0:07:49 0:07:49 1 5 0 7:49 7:49 6:54 139 151 0 89
6 0:08:07 0:08:08 1 0 4 8:07 8:08 7:24 135 145 0 88
7 0:08:19 0:08:19 1 0 0 8:19 8:19 7:50 131 135 0 78
8 0:08:06 0:08:07 1 0 0 8:06 8:07 7:33 133 137 0 82
9 0:08:24 0:08:20 1 0 3 8:24 8:20 6:25 131 140 0 73
10 0:08:23 0:08:24 1 8 0 8:23 8:24 7:36 129 143 0 71
11 0:08:28 0:08:29 1 0 7 8:28 8:29 7:51 129 133 0 65
12 0:08:15 0:08:17 1 8 7 8:15 8:17 6:57 131 134 0 72
13 0:08:33 0:08:23 1 19 0 8:33 8:23 4:16 129 136 0 65
14 0:08:02 0:07:53 1 0 3 8:02 7:53 6:18 135 141 0 72
15 0:08:08 0:08:09 1 0 5 8:08 8:09 6:16 137 141 0 83
16 0:07:48 0:07:47 1 9 7 7:48 7:47 6:21 144 147 0 93
17 0:00:00 -- 0 0 0 --:-- 8:44 --:-- -- -- 0 0
Summary 2:12:36 2:12:05 16 64 62 8:17 8:15 3:12 131 151 0 1,284


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Sunday was long bike ride day. My goal was 60 miles. Instead of riding on the lakefront path I decided to head north towards Highland Park. Ended up as far as Lake Forrest. I got the potential route from Get A Grip Cycles Facebook page. Along the way I pulled up along another biker and said, "hi, where ya heading?" He was doing the same route so we rode together.

Eventually we were on Sheridan road. This is a BEAUTIFUL route. You get to look left and right at all the mansions on Lake Michigan. It's a curvy road with some hills. It also takes you past Northwestern University.

It was interesting that there were many bikers on this route. Many groups. The towns you go through are, Evanston, Wilmette, Kenillworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, and Lake Forrest. I will do this ride more often.

Once we got to Highland Park I told the guy I was riding with that I was going another way for a while. I wanted to push it a bit. He was just a bit slow. Not much, but never really pushed it.

Once I was on my own I was able to let the big dog eat. I have to say that riding indoors on the trainer really makes riding outside seem easy. It was actually easy to maintain a 100+ rpm cadence. On the trainer this can be difficult.

So, the ride ended up being 60 miles and my legs felt fine. The ride took 3:40:00 and burned around 4000 calories. I'm not going to put all the splits up here, too long.

I think I got too much sun and heat though. Not sure. I may be coming down with something or perhaps it is on it's way out of me. After the ride I just felt pooped all day. I did not let that stop me from going on a scooter ride with Beth. We hopped on our little Genuine Buddies and went towards the lake. We walked around Rush Street and went to the lake to people watch. Some interesting folks in this world.

Another exciting week awaits. Are you ready?



Edited by Silentrunner 5/24/2010 7:10 AM

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" Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction."

* It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anais Nin